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Charles urged to halt ‘racist abuse’ of soldier

THE Prince of Wales has been urged to step down as Colonel of the Welsh Guards unless he can intervene to end the alleged racist abuse of a Jamaican soldier serving in the regiment.

Private Kerry Hylton is taking the army to an employment tribunal over a series of incidents at his barracks in Birdcage Walk, close to Buckingham Palace.

Hylton's solicitor has written to Prince Charles complaining that letters to the commanding officer of the Welsh Guards detailing the abuse allegations have gone unanswered.

The tribunal has been told that Hylton, a chef with the Welsh Guards, has been repeatedly called a "n*****", a "dumb-arsed n*****", a "black bastard" and a "black c***". His wife and children have been left in fear after two incidents in which the locks on the doors at the family's married quarters were superglued shut.